obama like president obama did not go to israel until the second term. i agree that these are now book ends, having gone to cairo in 2009. he is coming to israel in 2013. but in terms of what he'll try to get done there, i think in addition to what she just said, you have a fundamental lack of trust between president abbas, prime minister netanyahu. the president will have to assess what is actually possible with these two players as a fundamental part of this trip. but i mentioned the importance of syria. we kind of saying, oh, by 28, he's going to jordan. but jordan is hosting hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees. and is bearing a very significant burden as we assess the tragedy and the mayhem going on in syria. so i think a significant, the most urgent aspect is from an israeli point of view, from a jordanian point of view, how do they perceive the situation going on in syria? part of the ongoing recessment of what the united states can do to steer syria toward a post assad transition. >> back to israelis and their concerns about president obama,